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Westminster Abbey extended with "steampunk gothic" tower by Ptolemy Dean Architects

Ptolemy Dean Architects has added a star-shaped tower to London's Westminster Abbey, the most significant addition to the building since 1745. More ›

 
 

Nike's updated Track + Field branding is based on acceleration arrows

Leeds-based creative agency Studio Build has created a new look for Nike's Track+Field 2018 line.  

The arrow markings found on athletic tracks form the basis of Studio Build's updated visual identity for Nike's Track + Field clothing line.  More ›

 
 

IKEA debuts micro-living products that take their cues from space travel

IKEA debuts new micro-living furniture collection inspired by space travel

IKEA has previewed a collection of space-saving furniture and homeware inspired by life in space, to cater to customers living in micro homes. More ›

 
 

Dassault Systèmes presents pollution-absorbing architecture by Kengo Kuma and Daan Roosegaarde

Design in the Age of Experience exhibition by Dassault Systèmes

Kengo Kuma and Daan Roosegaarde are among the architects and designers presenting proposals to tackle air pollution, in this movie Dezeen filmed for Dassault Systèmes. More ›

 
 

IKEA and India both pledge to abolish single-use plastics

IKEA and India both pledge to abolish single-use plastics. Image is by Shutterstock

Swedish homeware giant IKEA has revealed plans to remove all single-use plastics from its product range by 2020, while the Indian government has committed to banning the material from the country by 2022. More ›

 
 

Zoetrope windows turn hyperloop tubes "transparent"

Virgin Hyperloop One and BIG have revealed videos demonstrating how hyperloop passengers will have the illusion they are travelling in a transparent tube. More ›

 
 

Willow Tea Rooms is Charles Rennie Mackintosh's most complete interior design

Willow Tea Rooms by Charles Rennie Mackintosh

To mark 150 years since the birth of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, we're looking back at five influential projects that defined his career. We round off our celebration with the Willow Tea Rooms in Glasgow. More ›

 
 

10 Venice Architecture Biennale installations that invite you to interact

This year's Venice Architecture Biennale is bursting with models, including several you can touch or inhabit. Dezeen's social media editor Danil Boparai picks 10 of the best examples. More ›

 
 

Hendrik Müller recreates The Black Forest in LA warehouse for Gaggenau's Restaurant 1683

Gaggenau installation

A forest of trees, artificial snow and a giant cuckoo clock provided the setting for dinners at a pop-up restaurant in Los Angeles, created by German designer Hendrik Müller for kitchen brand Gaggenau. More ›

 
 

Latest Dezeen Weekly features a bright yellow school and a wallet for cryptocurrency

A high school with a yellow aluminium exterior and an "unhackable" device for storing your cryptocurrency feature in the latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen WeeklySubscribe to Dezeen Weekly ›

 
 

Facture Studio moulds resin over tiered wooden blocks to pattern Scale furniture

Scale by Facture Studio

White-painted wooden shapes are set beneath grey and yellow resin to give a gradient effect to this furniture by Brooklyn-based Facture Studio.  More ›

 
 

LA Design Festival spotlights city's "creative diversity and talent"

ROW DTLA

Dezeen promotion: a four-day celebration of design kicks off in Los Angeles today, with exhibitions, talks, workshops and parties taking place across the city. More ›

 
 

Three houses form greyscale Casas SP complex in Mexico by S-AR and Marisol González

Casas SP by S-AR Marisol Gonzalez

A trio of black-and-white residences line up in a row on a site in northern Mexico, created as a collaboration between architects S-AR and Marisol González. More ›

 
 

Trunk Hotel is "a completely new concept for Tokyo" says creative director

Trunk Hotel in Shibuya, Tokyo

Hiroe Tanaka, creative director of the Trunk Hotel in Tokyo, explains how the building was designed to become a hub of activity, in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the AHEAD Asia hospitality awards. More ›

 
 

"It is important to be mindful of how we use one another's cultures for our own entertainment"

Mood board for Apparatus' Club Pars party

When New York lighting studio Apparatus held a party themed around Tehran in the 1970s, guests turned up as camel salesmen and belly dancers. Designers should know better than to resort to such lazy cultural stereotypes, says Sina Sohrab. More ›